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Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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First Schedule. Memo. 37/T (Revised). Form T. 145.
TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE SHOREDITCH METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
(A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1937.
Table No. 64
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||
| M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | ||
| A. New Cases examined during | |||||||||||||
| the year (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 50 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 104 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 101 | 108 | 69 | 53 | 331 |
| B. Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | —. | 2 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 44 | 61 | 42 | 42 | 189 | ||||||||
| C. Cases written off the Dispen | |||||||||||||
| sary Register as: | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 16 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ,5, | 177 | 115 | 97 | 540 |
| D. Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 215 | 174 | 19 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 262 | 214 | 55 | 41 | 572 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 610 | 2. | Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 41 | |||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assisttance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 62 | 4. | Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 73 | |||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3,737 | 6. | Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 215 | |||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners: | 8. | Number of visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations) | 123 | ||||||||||
| (a) Personal† | 2 | ‡Plus 33 visits to St. Leonard's Hospital | |||||||||||
| (b) Other | 172 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2,986 | 10. | Number of: | ||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 803 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | ‡378 | ||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | — | 12. | Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 259 | |||||||||
*i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st Dec. [see Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II, Note 4].
‡AlI personal consultations, whether held at the homes of patients or elsewhere, are included in
Item 7 (a) ; and all visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes, whether or not accompanied by a
personal consultation already included in Item 7 (a), are entered in Item 8.
‡Excluding Prophit Trust cases.